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Entries for October 2017
Thursday, October 19, 2017 |
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VIDEO: PBS Insights Debates Jones Act
By Video @ 4:43 AM :: 5028 Views :: Jones Act
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...Grassroot Institute of Hawaii President and CEO Keli’i Akina, Ph.D., was part of a panel moderated by Lara Yamada that discussed the federal maritime-related Jones Act on “Insights on PBS Hawai‘i,” Oct. 12....
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Thursday, October 19, 2017 |
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Caldwell announces nominees to Honolulu Police Commission
By News Release @ 3:28 AM :: 6648 Views :: Honolulu County, Police
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...Caldwell today nominated Karen Chang and Jerry Gibson to serve on the volunteer Honolulu Police Commission. Their appointments require confirmation by the Honolulu City Council....
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Thursday, October 19, 2017 |
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Caldwell signs bills creating Waikīkī Transportation Management Special Improvement District
By News Release @ 3:19 AM :: 8650 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, Tourism
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...bills passed by the Honolulu City Council last week create and authorize the Waikīkī Transportation Management Special Improvement District....
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Wednesday, October 18, 2017 |
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Who's Squandering Your Money at OHA?
By Video @ 6:09 PM :: 7525 Views :: Akaka Bill, Ethics, OHA
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...Hawaiian Beneficiary Funds Continue To Fly Out The Door At OHA....
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Wednesday, October 18, 2017 |
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Business Taxes: Hawaii Ranks 27th
By News Release @ 4:37 PM :: 6526 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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...The State Business Tax Climate Index is a measure of how well states structure their tax systems....
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Wednesday, October 18, 2017 |
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Hawaii AG Sues Feds for Records on Deportation of Illegals
By Selected News Articles @ 3:40 PM :: 7433 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement
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“The federal government has significantly increased its immigration enforcement activities, including, for example, a nearly 40 percent increase in arrests within the first four months of 2017,” the complaint states....
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Wednesday, October 18, 2017 |
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Rep Andria Tupola to Host Hawaii Tax Conference
By News Release @ 3:14 PM :: 4821 Views :: Taxes
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...with speakers from the Reason Foundation, Tax Foundation, and Pew Charitable Trusts to inform the public on ways we can solve many of our fiscal problems and make our economy better....
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Tuesday, October 17, 2017 |
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Quality of Life? Honolulu Ranks 18th
By News Release @ 4:10 PM :: 4503 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...Median gross rent as a percentage of monthly income 46.5%....
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Tuesday, October 17, 2017 |
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Hawaii Judge Blocks Trump’s New Travel Ban. Again.
By News Release @ 3:30 PM :: 5828 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement
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...U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson of the District of Hawaii issued a temporary restraining order against the ban Tuesday....
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Tuesday, October 17, 2017 |
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Alaska Native Leader Tara Mac Lean Sweeney Nominated for Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs
By News Release @ 1:33 PM :: 8114 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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..."Ms Sweeney is an incredibly qualified nominee," said Robin Puanani Danner....
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Tuesday, October 17, 2017 |
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Video: Kelii Akina on The State of Racial Harmony in Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:24 AM :: 4425 Views :: OHA
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...Michael Lilly , Former Hawaii Attorney General, joins Hawaii Together with Keli'i Akina for a discussion on the history and current state of Racial Harmony in Hawaii....
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Sunday, October 15, 2017 |
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Crooks and Cronies: Who’s Getting Paid from the FY 2016-17 OHA Check Register
By Andrew Walden @ 8:40 PM :: 10254 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Hawai’i Free Press has obtained a copy of the Fiscal Year 2016-17 Office of Hawaiian Affairs check register in response to an open records request....
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Sunday, October 15, 2017 |
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Incentives for Retirement Savings
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4476 Views :: Taxes
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...During the past few months, the Tax Review Commission has been busy at work....
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Saturday, October 14, 2017 |
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Hawaii politicians missing the boat on Jones Act reform
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:13 PM :: 5815 Views :: Jones Act
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...It isn't often that a supposedly controversial political issue builds to an overwhelming consensus among Hawaii citizens — especially when that consensus is in direct opposition to the official position of the state's Democratic Party....
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Friday, October 13, 2017 |
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Workers Protest as Star-Adv lays off 25% of Newsroom
By News Release @ 4:29 AM :: 7238 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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...publisher Dennis Francis of OPI, owned by Canada-based Black Press Ltd., is insisting on slashing wages and benefits for the remaining journalists....
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Friday, October 13, 2017 |
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Fuchigami Taking over from Ige's Chief of Staff? – That’s What the State Constitution Says
By News Release @ 3:56 AM :: 8073 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...The position of administrative director is actually one of the few positions created by the State Constitution....
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Thursday, October 12, 2017 |
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Kiplinger: Hawaii Taxes 7th Highest in USA
By News Release @ 7:25 PM :: 5537 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...and this is before the legislature raised the TAT and increased the Income Tax....
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Thursday, October 12, 2017 |
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Best Colleges? UH Manoa Ranks 484th -- UH Hilo 729th
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 PM :: 5991 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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...comparing nearly 1,000 higher-education institutions in the U.S. across 27 key measures....
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Thursday, October 12, 2017 |
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State and Local Taxation Per Capita: Hawaii Takes $5,705
By Tax Foundation @ 2:20 PM :: 4930 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Hawaii has the 8th highest amount of taxation per capita in the USA....
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Thursday, October 12, 2017 |
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Hawaii AG Obstructs Requests on How Much Taxpayer Funds Are Being Spent Fighting Trump’s Travel Ban
By Selected News Articles @ 1:57 PM :: 9068 Views :: National News, Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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...the Hawaii AG office denied the public interest fee waiver request and charged $28,396.30 to complete the document search....
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Thursday, October 12, 2017 |
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Thursday, October 12, 2017 |
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State of Hawaii Auditing OHA
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:49 AM :: 5670 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...the state Auditor has already informed OHA of its preliminary findings....
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Wednesday, October 11, 2017 |
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SCOTUS Backs Trump, Dismisses Travel Ban Challenge
By Selected News Articles @ 3:03 PM :: 6156 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement
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...Tuesday’s order strongly suggests that the justices will dismiss the Hawaii case once the refugee resettlement provision terminates....
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Tuesday, October 10, 2017 |
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Recent Federal Court Ruling Affects Hawaii Tip Credit
By Selected News Articles @ 9:58 PM :: 6416 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...the 9th Circuit Court’s Marsh v. J. Alexander LLC decision makes life much easier for employers with tipped employees in Hawaii....
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Tuesday, October 10, 2017 |
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Chin, Muslims Sue to Block Travel Ban 3.0
By News Release @ 9:37 PM :: 7973 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement, Religion
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'...it continues to effectuate the President’s unrepudiated promise to exclude Muslims from the United States...."
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Tuesday, October 10, 2017 |
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Trump Refuses to Extend Jones Act Waiver for Puerto Rico
By Michael Hansen @ 8:05 PM :: 4144 Views :: Jones Act
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...Expiration of Trump’s temporary Puerto Rico Jones Act waiver validates Sen McCain’s permanent exemption bill....
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Tuesday, October 10, 2017 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 10, 2017
By Congress.org @ 4:31 PM :: 4456 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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- Senate: Pai Nomination – Confirmation
- Senate: Quarles Nomination – Confirmation
- Senate: Cissna Nomination – Confirmation
- House: Abortion Ban
- House: Fiscal 2018 Budget Resolution
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Tuesday, October 10, 2017 |
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The Atlantic: Aloha Tower Deal Makes HPU Poster Child for College Debt
By Selected News Articles @ 1:30 PM :: 12466 Views :: Higher Education
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...it spent $54 million to buy Honolulu’s iconic Aloha Tower and convert it into an anchor for its downtown campus....
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Monday, October 9, 2017 |
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Jones Act industry anxiety increases with Hurricane waivers
By Michael Hansen @ 11:44 PM :: 4578 Views :: Jones Act
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...Seafarers Fret Over New Assault on Jones Act in Wake of Storms....
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Sunday, October 8, 2017 |
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Protest OHA Giving CNHA $1.5M Hawaii Charter School Funds
By Selected News Articles @ 5:36 PM :: 6558 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Wednesday, October 11th At 10 AM....
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Sunday, October 8, 2017 |
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If You're Still Paying Use Tax on Amazon Purchases--Stop
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5677 Views :: Taxes
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...those who buy things from Amazon and have been paying Use Tax can stop....
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Saturday, October 7, 2017 |
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Honolulu Boondoggle Recovery Plan
By Selected News Articles @ 5:08 PM :: 5064 Views :: Rail
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...You know you are in trouble when you have to write a recovery plan for a project that isn’t even half built....
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Saturday, October 7, 2017 |
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Hawaii: Median Family Spends 6.8 years income to buy median home
By Selected News Articles @ 4:35 PM :: 6768 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii is the most unaffordable housing market in USA....
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Saturday, October 7, 2017 |
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Transit Ridership is Declining–So Why Pay Transit CEOs So Much Money?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 4670 Views :: Rail
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...HART’s CEO, for example, gets $317,000 plus a “housing allowance” of about $4,600 a month and a “transportation allowance” of $600 a month....
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Saturday, October 7, 2017 |
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Jones Act Lobby: Ten Days is all Puerto Rico Should Get
By Michael Hansen @ 2:03 PM :: 4563 Views :: Jones Act
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...U.S. House Subcommittee hears the Jones Act industry praise themselves....
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Saturday, October 7, 2017 |
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Jones Act industry dirty tricks sabotage Hawaii poll
By Michael Hansen @ 1:50 PM :: 4668 Views :: Jones Act
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...Jones Act carriers in Jacksonville, FL were able to take time away from Puerto Rico hurricane relief shipments to dial in to a Hawaii online poll....
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Saturday, October 7, 2017 |
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Promise Kept: Trump Administration Protects Americans’ Religious Freedom
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:13 PM :: 6620 Views :: First Amendment, Religion
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...The Obama administration winnowed the definition of religious freedom down to the narrow idea of “freedom of worship.” This was rebutted in the first line of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ memorandum....
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Friday, October 6, 2017 |
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RU486: ACLU Chooses Hawaii to Launch Abortion Drug Litigation
By Selected News Articles @ 11:43 AM :: 6334 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii filed a federal lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration over federal restrictions that require a doctor's prescription to get an abortion pill....
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Friday, October 6, 2017 |
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Free Rein for Choppers Drives Park Enthusiasts to Court
By Selected News Articles @ 11:39 AM :: 5853 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment
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...Wednesday’s lawsuit says there were 14,645 commercial air tours conducted over the Hawaii Volcanoes alone....
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Friday, October 6, 2017 |
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AG: 1156 Backlogged Rape Kits Tested so Far
By News Release @ 5:20 AM :: 5679 Views :: Law Enforcement, Police
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...the pace for sexual assault evidence kits submitted for testing has increased over the past three months....
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Thursday, October 5, 2017 |
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Hirono: Trump Nominees Not Gay Enough
By Selected News Articles @ 3:22 PM :: 6641 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Judiciary
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...“So you do not support the recriminalization of homosexuality?” Hirono asked....
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Thursday, October 5, 2017 |
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Cost of Living: Honolulu adjusted salaries lowest in USA
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:39 PM :: 7188 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Honolulu’s adjusted salaries are the lowest in the country, more than $7,000 below the next lowest, Tucson, AZ....
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Thursday, October 5, 2017 |
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Wednesday, October 4, 2017 |
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Endgame: Telescope Protesters Shift focus to Sublease
By Video @ 6:05 PM :: 9692 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... UH to Trade 10,000 Acres for Telescope Approval, Lease Extension? ....
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Wednesday, October 4, 2017 |
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City now accepting Grants in Aid applications
By News Release @ 5:26 PM :: 5289 Views :: Honolulu County
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GIA proposals must be submitted by 2 p.m. on November 16, 2017....
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Wednesday, October 4, 2017 |
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Honolulu Neighborhood Boards: 30 Vacant Seats Available
By News Release @ 5:18 PM :: 5948 Views :: Honolulu County
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...To fill one of the vacancies listed below, apply to your local Neighborhood Board....
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Wednesday, October 4, 2017 |
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Video: Running for Governor, Rep Andria Tupola Rallies Supporters in Waianae
By Video @ 3:41 PM :: 6371 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party
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"I'm going to do it, I'm going to rise up and lead the state," Tupola said in the video....
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Tuesday, October 3, 2017 |
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State Climate Change Adaptation Commission to Meet in Doomed Oceanfront Hotel
By News Release @ 7:54 PM :: 4401 Views :: Environment
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...It is open to everyone and will be held on October 11, 2017 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Waikiki Beach Resort, Coral Ballrooms 1 & 2 from 8:30 AM to 12:45 PM....
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